{Tool} How to improve organic seed production for carrots and cauliflower (Liveseed Practice abstract). Creator(s): Winter, Eva and Kummer, Carmen. Issuing Organisation(s): FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, ÖMKi - Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. Liveseed Practice abstract, no. 42. (2020)
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Practical recommendations - Some practical measures to improve pest and disease control in organic seed production are the following: 1) Elite carrot seed can be produced indoors to reduce pest pressure. 2) For outdoor carrot seed production, netting in of multiplication area can significantly reduce pest pressure. 3) Further for carrots, establishing a mixed crop seed production system can reduce pest and disease pressure. 4) For cauliflower, organic seed multiplication can be done in greenhouses and poly-tunnels. 5) A further advantage can be to multiply in temperate sea climate, where temperature fluctuations are kept to a minimum.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
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| Teaser: | Find practical measures to improve pest and disease control in organic seed production. |
| What problem does the tool address?: | The production of organic vegetable seed is under high pest and disease pressure and there is a lack of effective methods for control. This regularly leads to complete yield failure of the seed crop or low germination rates and thus higher seed prices. In this practice abstract, we focus on carrots and cauliflowers |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | In order to mitigate the above-laid out challenges in organic seed multiplication, especially for biennial crops like carrot and cauliflower, there is a need to invest further into research for pest and disease management in organic seed production systems. However, some practical solutions are listed below. |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Practice abstracts |
| Keywords: | seed production |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English seed production http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6937 |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Seeds and breeding Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Special crops > Vegetables European Union > Horizon 2020 > Liveseed European Union > Horizon 2020 > Liveseed > Liveseed tools European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 727230 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39897 |
| Project ID: | ofk |
| Deposited By: | Ortolani, Dr. Livia |
| ID Code: | 39897 |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jul 2021 13:24 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 10:32 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
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